Qenya
ilfirin
adjective. immortal
Cognates
- S. alfirin “immortal, (lit.) not dying; a species of flower”
Derivations
- ᴹ✶ilpirin “immortal” ✧ Ety/PHIR
Elements
Word Gloss il- “no, not” firin “dead (by natural cause)” Phonetic Developments
Development Stages Sources ᴹ✶ilpirin > ilfirin [ilpʰirin] > [ilɸirin] > [ilfirin] ✧ Ety/PHIR
alfírima
adjective. immortal
Element in
- ᴹQ. Eldar alphírimar “Elves are Immortals” ✧ PE22/124
Elements
Word Gloss al(a)- “not, negative prefix” fírima “mortal”
alfírimo
noun. Immortal
Element in
- ᴹQ. Eldar Alphírimor “Elves are Immortals” ✧ PE22/124
Elements
Word Gloss al(a)- “not, negative prefix” Fírimo “Mortal”
An adjective for “immortal” in the Quenya Verbal System (QVS) from 1948 appearing only in its plural form alphírimar, using the adjective plural formation of QVS (PE22/124). Its more typical Quenya adjective plural form would be alfírime. It also appeared in a noun plural form Alphírimor “Immortals”. It is a combination of ᴹQ. fírima “mortal” with the negative prefix ᴹQ. al-.
Conceptual Development: In The Etymologies of the 1930s the word for “immortal” was ᴹQ. ilfirin, a combination of ᴹQ. il- “not” and firin “dead (by natural cause)” (Ety/PHIR).